Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27

the ffesluenls WlIe, she Will carry every
county in the State. -...5 ..I. --
81 don't want to be personal with Cover
nor Foraker and would not think of abusing
him, because we are friends. We went 10
college together and both of us enlisted as
privates in the late war. The only difference
between US there is, that have come 10 the
conclusion that the war is over, while Gov.
Foraker is still fighting it." -.-r
He claimed that the Democratic party de-
served the votes of the people, because, if for
no other reason, they had recovered nearly
lOO,OOO,OOO acres of unearned land grants
issued under Republican rule, and showed
very conclusively that while in power the
Democratic party had never granted an acre
of land to corporations.
Turning his attention to State affairs. he
declared that the administration of Governor
Foraker, so far from being 'business-lik ("
was really the most intensely partisan and
wickedly extravagant in the history of the
State, and called especial attention to the
fact that the four gentlemen who manipulat-
ed the machinery of the campaign on be-
half of Mr.. Foraker were public officials, who
draw salaries for duties they do not perform,
thus prostituting the public service to the
basest partisan purposes The salaries paid
the Commissioner of Railroads, the State
Librarian and the Private Secretary of the
Governor aggregate $4,000 per annum, yet
they have deserted their posts and are en-
gagged in doing the dirty work of a political
campaign Speaking further of the civil
servic ideas of Governor Foraker, Mr.. Powell
said: "Look at the city of Cincinnati. The
entire control of her 100000 people has been
placed in the hands of Governor Foraker,
who appoints board of control. He has
appointed none but Republicans on that
board, and to-day a man cannot get emplo;
ment cleaning the streets unless he pledges
himself tovote the Republican ticket. He
has attempted to further invade the sacred
rights of municipal self-government by
recommending that the assessors in cities be
appointed instead of elected by the people,
and as he names no appointive power per-
haps he would like to appoint them himself
as he appoints men who govern the city of
Cincinnati. Furthermore, the public works
OF the State are fast being sacrificed, and
halt should at once be called on the high
handed outrages perpetrated under the pres
ent "business-like'' administration. At
Akron the State owns a piece of property
which according to the sworn testimony of
Republicans is worth $36OOO0. Under the
administration of Gov. Foraker that piece of
property was leased at an annual rent of 800
for thirty years. renewable forever at the end
of that period. 1t is evident that this is far
better than q deed in fee simple, for the
taxes would amount to more than 800 per
annum. -.... |
'You will also find that the Treasury of
this State is virtually bankrupt to-day. The
first session of the Legislature under Gov.
Foraker's administration appropriated $780,
900 more than the revenues for that year and |
borrowed $500,o00 during the same period,
which was added to the bonded debt of the
State. When the second year rolled around
they appropriated $325,0O0 more than the
revenues, and adjourned without making
any provisions whatever to meet the de-
way of doing things. When the Governor
saw this immense deficiency staring him in
the face of course he looked around for
somebody to stand the burdens. He could
not place it on the people residing in cities,
because they could at once meet and pass
denouncing him. He could not
place this extra burden upon corporate
wealth, because he would then be striking
his Republican friends. So the farmers were
selected as the people who will stand heavy
burdens without much objection and Gov.
Foraker concluded to place them there. He
is now allowing the convict labor of the Ohio
to come in direct competition
with the free labor of the State, and in di-
rect violation of law. The Democratic and
Republican parties pledged themselves to
abolish it, and the Democratic party, true to
its pledges, did so, but Gov. Foraker's ad-
system, and in direct violation of the revised
The meeting was complete success, and
had it not been for the fact that Mr.. Powell
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the audience would have
listened to him an hour or so more. But as
it was. the speaker gave his hearers enough
food for thought to keep them busy until
election time, and we miss our guess if the
speaker did not put flea in more than one
ear, which will bring forth good results upon
the 8th day of November.
1t was annouu need from the stage that the
Hon. @. s. Darrow, of Chicago, would speak
at the Court House in the evening. The
speaker was greeted with fair house, and
gave his hearers some sound facts upon the
tariff and tariff reform. Mr.. Darrow is an
earnest advocate of tariff reform, and be-
lieves the good work must come through the
Democratic party, which is the enemy of all
and the friend of all the people,
one and alike.